Long’s death removed a major populist challenger to Roosevelt’s New Deal and significantly altered both Louisiana and national political dynamics and opposition to FDR’s policies.
On September 8, 1935, Senator Huey P. Long was shot by Carl A. Weiss inside the Louisiana State Capitol, suffering mortal wounds that led to his death two days later.
Long’s death removed a major populist challenger to Roosevelt’s New Deal and significantly altered both Louisiana and national political dynamics and opposition to FDR’s policies.
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